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Matt Gaetz: “Bill Barr refused and said, I refuse to investigate any of…”

Featuring: Matt Gaetz, Republican | Former U.S. House, Florida's 1st District

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… was fraudulently creating voter registrations so that they could request absentee ballots that were, that were ghost votes. And the U.S. attorney asked for resources to pursue that investigation. And Bill Barr refused and said, I refuse to investigate any of this stuff because it will decrease confidence in the elections. This was before the 2020 election. And so I was constantly pestering President Trump and members of his administration. The Bill Barr had to be dealt with on this. (49:50–49:57)

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Asserts that Bill Barr refused to investigate election fraud claims to avoid decreasing confidence in elections.

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